Work Car Allowance

Ridin-High · 10-03-2007, 12:22 AM

Hello People,

This thread was inspired by the "FPV GT or XR8 Novated lease. Help needed." thread. (In the FPV & Boss powered section)

A position has become avaliable for myself (sales rep) where i will be required to use my own car to visit clients.

I did go for a job interview recently for a similar position where i was under the impression as per the phone interview that i would be on 38k base. Once i got to the interview the employer said 24K base / 9k per year (185p/w) / commision structure based on sales over 250k per month (complete bullshit for someone with no customer base). So i politly told them to stick it in their ****.

My question is about using my car to visit clients. I've never done something like this before and im wondering what are good terms for this.

Weekly allowence + money for distance traveled? ($200 p/w + 20cent per km?)

Outbackjack · 10-03-2007, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Zh-Fairlane

Hello People,

This thread was inspired by the "FPV GT or XR8 Novated lease. Help needed." thread. (In the FPV & Boss powered section)

A position has become avaliable for myself (sales rep) where i will be required to use my own car to visit clients.

I did go for a job interview recently for a similar position where i was under the impression as per the phone interview that i would be on 38k base. Once i got to the interview the employer said 24K base / 9k per year (185p/w) / commision structure based on sales over 250k per month (complete bullshit for someone with no customer base). So i politly told them to stick it in their ****.

My question is about using my car to visit clients. I've never done something like this before and im wondering what are good terms for this.

Weekly allowence + money for distance traveled? ($200 p/w + 20cent per km?)

I went down this path once and I will never do it again. If they want you to travel to their customers, do it in their car. If you must travel for work, insist on a company car.

Smoke Pursuit · 10-03-2007, 01:23 AM

Agreed, go a company car, its easier especially if the day comes when you wanna walk away from them!

JG66ME · 10-03-2007, 09:53 AM

I started the other thread. My advice to anyone who travels for work is avoid allowances and insist on a company car if you can. If you damage your car or anything like (breaks down) that you could be in trouble earning without wheels.

My case is not the same. I get a car as part of my pay and it gets very limited use for the company. Attending site meetings etc. I do about 35000km a year traveling to and from the Office and personal travel. Pure travel for the company would be less than 2000k.

Steve

DTFRMONT · 10-03-2007, 01:45 PM

My work (Federal govt department) has pretty much stopped paying car allowances as we have a fleet of BF futuras, Corollas, Camrys & the odd Prius (to make things look good) parked in our basement. I would suspect this would also be for OH&S reasons as well (all new cars maintined to proper specs, etc instead of people driving their old poorly maintained clangers)